This is Death’s last gore-themed song. It’s about horrific torture to death in hyperventilated air, literally “choking on” it, henceforth the title.
[Verse 1]
Freedom is just a breath away
Will you live to see the day
As the heat intensifies
You start to choke, your insides fry
[Pre-Chorus]
Seizure now sets in
Torture will begin
Twisted bodies lie
Waiting now to die
[Chorus]
Choke on it
As your tongue goes down
Choke on it
Death is all around
[Instrumental Break]
Aww!
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 2]
Screaming fills your frenzied mind
No way out no more time
Example made from those to see
Your freedom turned to misery
[Pre-Chorus]
World is all around
Of what they have found
Lesson to be learned
You will not return
[Chorus]
Choke on it
As your tongue goes down
Choke on it
Death is all around
Choke on It was written by Chuck Schuldiner & Rick Rozz.
Choke on It was produced by Dan Johnson.
Death released Choke on It on Fri Aug 12 1988.